Security Updates in vSphere 5.5 Update 1 + Hardening Guide news

5.5 Update 1 Release Notes

vSphere 5.5 Update 1 was released on March 11th, 2014. The primary drivers for this release were lots of bug fixes and support for VSAN. At the risk of duplicating a huge amount of the release notes, please review in detail those things that are important to you. There’s a number of things in Upgrade and Installation and there’s a specific Security section that would be of interest. Also review the Known Issues section as there’s some interesting tidbits in there as well.

5.5 Hardening Guide Update

I will be releasing an update to the vSphere Hardening Guide to go along with 5.5 Update 1 in the next couple of weeks. I’ve been collecting updates since it was released shortly after 5.5. No MAJOR changes, just minor fixes and a couple of clarifications and at least one deletion. More on this soon. I know it’s a hot button for some folks.

If there’s something YOU think needs to be corrected, now is the time to let me know!

Get in touch as a reply to this blog or preferably an email to me. I’m mfoley at VMware.com.

About Mike Foley

Mike Foley is a Senior Technical Marketing Manager at VMware. His primary focus is on security of the core platform (vSphere). He is the current keeper of the vSphere Hardening Guide. His primary goal is to help IT/VI Admins build more secure platforms that stand up to scrutiny from security teams. Previously, Mike was on the evangelist team at RSA where he concentrated on virtualization and cloud security and contributed as a member of the product architect team. Mike has a blog at http://yelof.com and contributes to the VMware vSphere and Security blogs as well. Follow him at @vSphereSecurity on Twitter